Softball team involved in car accident

According to coach Holly Bruder, four members of the Lamar softball team were involved in a car accident Tuesday night on Highland Ave. in Beaumont on Lamar’s campus.

They were returning home from the Taste of the Triangle at Ford Park when, per Bruder, their car hit a wet patch on the road, struck a pole and flipped four times. One passenger was ejected from the car and was released from the hospital following a CAT scan with various scraps and bruises, but no further injuries.

The other three players have been released from Saint Elizabeth’s hospital with no serious injury. Bruder said all four are going to their homes in Beaumont to rest.

Per the team’s Twitter account, the three players that were initially released are Alyssa Burnett, Lauren Gambone and captain Tina Schulz. Also per the team’s twitter, the ejected teammate was Ashley Rey.